Titles Entering the Public Domain on 1st January 2025
Website Visitor Numbers Surpass 3 million in 2024
With the start of 2025 many books published in the UK whose authors died in 1954 enter the public domain for the first time, including those listed here.*
John Henry Chaytor [1871-1954]
· Johannes Weiss [1863-1914], Henry John Chaytor [1871-1954], translator, Paul and Jesus. London & New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909. Hbk. pp.131.
Richard Seymour Cripps [1886-1954]
· Richard Seymour Cripps [1886-1954], editor, A Critical & Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Amos. The Text of the Revision Version, Edited with Introduction and Notes. London: SPCK, 1929. Hbk. pp.365.
Henri (Hans) Frankfort [1897-1954]
· Henri (Hans) Frankfort [1897-1954], The Problem of Similarity in Ancient Near Eastern Religions. The Frazer Lecture 1950. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1951. Pbk. pp.23.
William Ralph Inge [1860-1954]
· William Ralph Inge [1860-1954], Christian Mysticism. Considered in Eight Lectures Delivered Before the University. The Bampton Lectures 1899. London: Methuen & Co., 1899. Hbk. pp.379.
Kenneth Escott Kirk [1886-1954]
· Kenneth Escott Kirk [1886-1954], The Epistle to the Romans in the Revised Version with Introduction and Commentary. The Clarendon Bible. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1937, 1955. Hbk. pp.245.
Ernest Findlay Scott [1868-1954]
· Ernest Findlay Scott [1868-1954], The Fourth Gospel. Its Purpose and Theology. The Literature of the New Testament, 2nd edn. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1908, 1951. Hbk. pp.379.
James Herbert Srawley [1868-1954]
· James Herbert Srawley [1868-1954], The Catechetical Oration of Gregory of Nyssa, Vol. 1. Cambridge Patristic Texts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1903. Hbk. pp.182.
· James Herbert Srawley [1868-1954], The Epistles of St. Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch. Early Church Classics. London: SPCK, 1900. Hbk. pp.80.
· James Herbert Srawley [1868-1954], St. Ambrose On the Sacraments and On the Mysteries. London: SPCK, 1950. Hbk. pp.157.
William Barron Stevenson [1869-1954]
· William Barron Stevenson [1869-1954], The Poem of Job. A Literary Study with a New Translation. The Schweich Lectures of the British Academy 1943. London: The British Academy, 1947. Hbk. pp.123.
If you are interested in reading more of The Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archaeology, originally published by The British Academy, go here.
* I am not a copyright lawyer, so nothing I write can be taken as legal advice. If you are interested in copyright as it relates to public domain works in the United States, this article is well worth reading.
Website Visitors Reach 3 million in 2024
Visitors to the Theology on the Web sites reached 3 million in 2024 - more than 500,000 more than in 2023. Altogether they downloaded over 12TB of data, up from 9TB the previous year. These figures are tremendously encouraging to read at the end of what has been a very difficult and challenging year. The addition of new material to all of the websites has continued on a regular basis, though I have not had time to share news about them on Social Media because the algorithms are making this an increasingly fruitless exercise.